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Wakarusa Drive extension environmental review underway; county notes $9M fixed state contribution if project is halted
Summary
Commissioners heard that the Wakarusa Drive extension is awaiting an environmental assessment expected by year-end; staff said the county would owe a fixed $9 million contribution to the state if the project could not be completed as planned.
A commissioner pressed staff for an update on the Wakarusa Drive extension and whether an environmental finding could make the project infeasible and trigger a payment obligation to the state. Chad said the county's $9,000,000 contribution to the state's bid is a fixed number that the county would owe if the project were not completed under the agreement.
Chad told the board he expects the environmental assessment to be complete by the end of the year and that the county hopes to be aggressive with design and construction so the project could be underway in 2028. "It is a fixed number that we would owe them," Chad said in response to a commissioner's question about whether the contribution escalates with inflation.
